Hojo

The Hojo clan was a family that controlled the title of regent in the Kamakura Shogunate from 1203 to 1333. The Hojo clan was given power by the Minamoto shoguns, who wanted regents for the shoguns themselves, and the Hojo served as shikkens until Emperor Go-Daigo led a rebellion in 1333 and toppled the Kamakura Shogunate. The clan was decimated in the Nanboku-cho period, but the daimyo Ise Moritoki changed his name to "Hojo Soun" in the late 1400s to have an illustrious name; his wife was descended from the Hojo clan. The Late Hojo would rule over Sagami Province from the 1400s until the Siege of Odawara in 1590 during the Sengoku Jidai, ending their rule in Japan.